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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1905
Page
18
An advertisement touts eight styles of hard twisted worsted trousers, all sizes, crafted by specialist pants makers. They are described as well tailored in the latest style and offered at $3.40 each with a promise of high satisfaction.
District officials receive a flood of letters urging Sixteenth street be kept free of business encroachments. Trustees, property owners, and public figures endorse a purely residential boulevard with strict height limits and even a proposed name change to Executive Avenue.
The district excise board has temporarily refused Henry Senay permission to transfer his liquor license to 1128 Maryland Avenue NE. Board members will inspect the property and review local resident objections amid protests against the transfer of the license formerly issued to the defunct Commercial Club.
A rundown of prominent visitors and residents includes Dr A A Jackson of El Reno Ohio and George J Bassler in New York, J B Bennett of Kentucky and Senator Culberson in town. Capt L M Kelly and Capt Frederick Mitchel return from duties and tours, Judge Shoemaker and Judge Watson spend time at national venues, WJ McCandless rents a Virginia country seat, and Dr A H Thompson handles pension affairs while a Des Moines appointment follows. Seminoles hold first dance at National Rifles Armory with officers Bell Lybrand Boxgs and Taylor present.
Isaac M Richardson a well known Washington tailor died at his home after a fainting spell in a cigar store. He served in the Civil War and is survived by a widow and four children. His funeral plans follow from his residence in Cleveland Park.
District Commissioners weigh Philip Walker’s call for a bronze tablet at Rock Creek to mark Fulton’s early steamboat experiments inspired by a centennial. Engineer Commissioner Biddle notes a prior unknown sign was removed for lack of permit and warns against public tablet placement. private societies may handle historical marking.
Freshmen in George Washington University medical department were lured to the H street medical building by a circular about forming a new society. They were tied together with ropes, paraded in the streets, forced to sing and dance, and made to tell their life stories at The Post Building before marching to a fountain on Tenth Street for a final water stint.
A painting squad spent yesterday repainting the Lafayette Opera House to display the new Belasco name in place of the historic Lafayette signage. The change marks a shift to the more famous Belasco branding, though Lafayette remains a well known historic locale.
Notices cover diverse items from N Auth Provision Co sausage varieties and prices to criminal court arraignments of George T Hilton and a Diamond ring larceny claim. Also listings include Havenner wafers, groceries at KT Dd Pyles stores, Columbia Wall Paper Co ads, Comptroller Tracewell division ruling on Reform School profits, free red clover butter wrappers, Vanderhelde Hotel Manhattan Cafe, Un End Laundry, Joyce Engraving, Chicago Jewel range, Maudiman goods and Keene's Shoes with many prices and locations across Washington.
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